Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-05-20
CURRENT EVENTS.

drunkard. He was an inyeterate beggar, and
to facilitate his work had the printed request
"Lcnd me quarter" pasted In his hat and
there was the mute appeal before the eyes Of
his intended victim. The scheme worked well
for years.
A Philadelphia publishing house is said 10
be trying 10 secure the passage Of bill by the
OHIO legislature making the study Of hygiene
and physiology compulsory In that state. 1t
is claimed that should the III be passed mil
lions Of dollars will be made by the Phlladel-
phia house, which seems to have a monopoly
in such school hooks.
The people OF Beaver Falls, Pa, are consid-
erably excited over the recent discovery in
that town of the el.preserved skeleton Of an
Indian. The most remarkable part of the af-
fair is that the skeleton was found under the
ground fully twenty feet aud firmly wedged In
among the almost solid rocks. How the body
got there is mystery.
COW when removed from railway car at
Celina, o., one day recently jumped into the
reservoir and started for the other side, distant
about four miles A fisherman started after
her in boat and, on oyertaking her, she So
Gladly placed two feet In his boat, almost
swapping him She then turned east and
the last seen OF her through a glass she was
swimming due east about three miles from
Celina and half mile of shore.
Several Dung men In Reidsvlle Ga, thought
to frighten young lady the other night by
! going about the house dressed in long white
sheets but the stern parent Of the young wo-
man spoiled the scheme by letting loose the
bull dog. In the words OF The T. ,terprise one
spook had to 60 home and change his pants,
after ne jumped the fence and got away, while
another was seen In the vacnity OF the house
next day looking for his hat and one Of his
chum's shoes.
Among the crowd which pushed its way
along the line Of pictures at the Paint and
| Clay club reception, says The BOstoa Journal,
II was interesting and sometimes startling to
see faces which had been reproduced on the
canvas. The models were evidently out In
force, probably TO see what the public thought
of zone" picture. As two young ladies were
looking at painting one said: What
plain young woman. She must have been an
only child, or her parents would not hay, or
dered her portraitw A quiet young lady in
front turned around and looked at the critic-
sers with calm superiority. She was the
model!
In Kingston, New York, the other night
several young ladies who had taken part in
rehearsal OF the cantata OF Esther" laugh
ingly asked man who was driving along in a
sleigh for ride, which, TO the surprise Of the
women, was granted. After going short
distance one Of the ladies told the man that
when he got 10 the corner Of Elmendorf street
to stop and let them out, "Begorra, diyil a
sthop will | make till | get home,n sad the
man, at the same time whipping his horses into
a brisk trot One by one the Young women
tumbled out Of the back end Of the sleigh.
while the driver laughed heartily at Their dis
comfure.
The students OF the state university at Ath-
ems, Ga. have organized boarding house as
sembly Of Knights Of Leathergy, for self pro-
lection. All the students but seven belong 10
IL. Recently Mr.. Anderson reproyed two OF
his boarders for sleeping too late, and told
them to leave. A boycott was declared and
every student left his house. They propose TO
boycott establishments OF any kind which
treat students improperly, and TO punish stu
dents who do not pay their debts. They say the
only way for Mr. Anderson to get his boarders
back is to apologize to the two whom he re-
proved, to promise to- let them keep as late hours
as they wish, and keep their breakfast warm.
novel arrangement by which the beer
drinkers of Portland, Ne, had been enabled
10 relieve their thirst for nearly four years was
recently discovered by the police Of that city.
Three beer barrels were sunk in the ground
and connected by tubes with joist in q
stable near by On the side OF the jolst an
innocent-lookng board, apparently nailed
there, when released by pressure on a hid
den sring turned on hinge at the bottom,
and disclosed the faucet by which the beer
was drawn. The barrels in the earth had
galvanized iron pipes extending up 10 near
the surface OF the ground. When the barrels
were to be replenished the dirt was removed
from over these pipes, funnel placed in each,
and the beer poured in. Afterward the pipes
were again covered, and there was nothing
- show the existence of the hiding place.
A Philadelphia groom gave a 1000 dinner
\ 10 his ushers, ten in number, the other day.
/ 1t was served ia what was called an autumn
bower a pavilion enclosed in trellis work
was erected in the middle OF the room aud
charmingly adorned with autumn leaves,
flowers aud fruits. Two hundred pounds Of
I graJes hung from the roof in great clusters.
/ In the bower the table was spread and the
guests seated All the room outside was filed
with plants and foliage. Great limbs Of trees
were deftly arranged against the walls, aud
here and there a bronze statue glimmered
family among the leaves. The body of the
room was filled In with chrysanthemums,' a
long zig gag walk lightly strewn with gayly-
tinted autumn leaves leading in among them.
The feast served 10y cande-light and a
string orchestra PLAYED behind screen Of
cedars.
A remarkable surgical operation was per
formed at the city hospital in Rochester, y.
Y, on II. y. Cooper, OF Oswego the other day
Mr. Cooper for about year had been suffer
ing from a cancer in the right kidney. Ply
stefan after physician had given mp the case.
and Mr.. Cooper finally decided to try the skill
Of Rochester surgeons. They told him that
the only poss bile chance OF relief was 10y AN
operation for the removal OF the cancer and
the whole kiindy II necessary. The facts In
the case were plainly told 10 the patient, and
he was made aware that the chances for his
recovery from the effects Of the operation we're